[Spoken Word: Erykah Badu]
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Here I am, Miss Badu
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Not Big Sean, but I dont fuck with you
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Its cause Im from the D, the other D
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But Detroit has a special place in my heart
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Creative, deep, rooted, organic, cosmic
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Fantastic, futuristic, ancient, musical
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When I think of Detroit, I think of these things
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Theres something in that dirty water that gives it its flavor
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Theres an invisible intelligence that runs through the streets
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Like an underground rooting system
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Millions and billions of memory of atoms of all of the beautiful music that has been created there
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And Ive seen it еvolve into things only felt in the hеart
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I know this to be true
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Thank you, Berry Gordy, for that little house
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Thank you, Stevie Wonder, for always calling me and reminding me that it is there
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That thing
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I always long to reconnect with it when I lose my way musically
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Thank you, J Dilla, for your peculiar, peculiar intelligence
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Yeah, Detroit just has a magic, and I know it to be true
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Not Big Sean, but I dont fuck with you
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Live from Badubotron, Nubian phenomenon
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Detroit, where the Nubians grow
